Abdul-jabbar Signs To Play Another Year

October 16, 1985|By Ken Paskman

Los Angeles Lakers' center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, confident that his talents haven't been eroded by age, has added another year to his contract. Abdul-Jabbar, the National Basketball Association's all-time leading scorer, has reached agreement with the Lakers to extend his $2-million-a-year contract through the 1986-87 season, Lakers General Manager Jerry West said. ''It's a 1-year extension at Kareem's option,'' Tom Collins, Abdul-Jabbar's agent, said Tuesday. Abdul-Jabbar, 7 feet 2, already the league's oldest player at 38, is coming off a year in which he led the Lakers to the NBA title. He is about to begin his 17th NBA season, longer than any other player in league history. He had announced before the 1984-85 season that he was going to retire after the campaign. However, he changed his mind early in the season and signed a new 1- year contract that extended through 1985-86. Collins: ''I think before this he was a little paranoid about his being capable, but he's gotten a lot of support from a lot people, and his teammates, that he can do it.''